The School of Information is UC Berkeley’s newest professional school. Located in the center of campus, the I School is a graduate research and education community committed to expanding access to information and to improving its usability, reliability, and credibility while preserving security and privacy.

The School of Information's courses bridge the disciplines of information and computer science, design, social sciences, management, law, and policy. We welcome interest in our graduate-level Information classes from current UC Berkeley graduate and undergraduate students and community members. More information about signing up for classes.

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Biography

I'm a Data Plumber. I spend most days designing/tuning/fixing/banging-on data pipelines and the infrastructure behind data-intensive applications of all sorts. I love what I do!

Originally trained as a Physicist (Ph.D. researching how quantum computers can learn to tolerate noise and errors), I've since had an incredible career out in the world where Data Science meets DevOps and infrastructure engineering.

I've been lucky enough to work for companies like Canonical, the folks behind the Ubuntu operating system, Infochimps, Silicon Valley Data Science, and now DigitalOcean. Places where talented teams of people are innovating and leading open-source communities and the tech industry as a whole.

I've been a consultant for a lot of my career, which gives me great insight into a vast range of data-related problems people have as well as how to help solve these problems across industries and technology stacks.